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====================================================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Sunday 16, March 2025, 09:00. 3867. Article Philosophy God and Humanity-1. Swami Krishnananda. ====================================================================================================== I A question which is purely technical, which cannot be decided at once by the generality of mankind, arises in the mind of a serious seeker after Truth, viz., his relation to society and to its institutions. Judged dispassionately, the issue of the necessity or otherwise of such a seeker to concern himself either with society or institutions seems to arise due to a thoroughly misconceived notion of the nature of the Truth – the existence of God. The need or the absence of need for relations of any kind, much less obligations or duties, towards society and institutions crops up only if God is an other-worldly being, as is the conclusion of the usual theological concepts in all ...

  ========================================================================== Saturday  15, January 2024. 10:30. Methods of Mind-Conquest -5:   Swami Sivananda Stages of Mind-conquest: (Continued) ========================================================================= METHODS OF MIND-CONQUEST: Mind-conquest by the Four Traditional Methods: A digest of Sivananda’s description of the four traditional methods of annihilating the mind, runs thus. A Vedantin destroys the mind through Self-expansion; he practises self-denial, identifies himself with the Supreme Brahman, and thus brings about the annihilation of the mind. A Raja Yogi achieves the same goal, by stilling the mind, eradicating the Vrittis. A Bhakti Yogi obtains the death of the mind by contracting and reducing it to zero; he practises self-surrender, places his mind at the feet of the Lord. A Karma Yogi slays the mind by removing selfishness and by selfless service; he practises self-sacrifice identifies hims...